Internal Dialogue, No Interuptions

So what shall i write about today?

Inspiration not coming?.

Well, i thought i do an internal dialogue

Like somebody else did today?

Yeah,nod to poliphilo for that.

Well i did finish a report from a visit yesterday.

Boring!

I did hoover up all around the house this morning.

Yawn!


Feeble i know

And you're telling me?

True, think i better have my shave and wash then, Might come up with something more interesting later on.

The League

In this LJ life that we have my position in the list of blogs was number 10,001 yesterday but looking just now it has slipped back down to 10,077 after climbing 147 places. Does this make me a bit paranoid about league positions?

It's A Cat Life

Lovely Flo, being so photogenic.



Are you looking at me?

I've had enough. I'm of to sleep

Book 51 - Raymond Queneau "Exercise In Style"

Raymond Queneau "Exercise In Style" (Oneworld Classics)





A man on a crowded Parisian bus watches as a young man with a long neck and a hat trimmed with a cord instead of a ribbon suddenly turns on the passenger next to him, accusing him of deliberately treading on his toes. Then, spotting an empty seat, the young man sits down. Two hours later, our narrator is on another bus and spots the young man from the window. He is talking to a friend who is telling him to have the top button on his overcoat raised.

In Exercises in Style, Raymond Queneau takes that simple story and tells it 99 different ways. And that’s it.

Queneau was a founder member of the French Oulipo group, a loose affiliation of writers and mathematicians later joined by, among others, Georges Perec and Italo Calvino. The group sought to stimulate literary creativity by imposing unorthodox constraints and structures.

Queneau had been exploring different approaches to storytelling for years and Exercises in Style predates the formation of the Oulipo group. Many of the exercises are amusing, some are insightful and others are just bizarre.

The result is that one is left thinking that there are so many more ways that even such a simple story could be told.

The effect is many-fold. Never again will I be able to see a description of anything without being aware of just how partial that description must be. It illuminates the reality of multiple perspectives from which everything can be seen.

For the writer, reader, speaker and listener it changes the way you perceive the description of everything. Opening up new opportunities and raising countless new questions.

This is a truly fascinating book, which has become a timeless classic.

Jazzy D's Northern Nocturne - Northern Lights Brighton 23 Nov 2013

As promised, I finally got round to doing the playlist from my gig on Saturday night. As usual it is a smorgasbord of groovy sounds from soul through to jazz, salsa, funk, a bit of Afro, a dash of reggae, and some disco tunes.

So without further ado here is the list -


.Ramp – Everybody Loves The Sunshine

Sun Ra – Say

Blossom Dearie – That's Just The Way I Went To Be

Doug Carn & Jean Carn – Contemplation

Ramsey Lewis – Jade East

Harold McNeir – The Hipster

B J Ward – Vocal Ease

Henry Mancini – Touch Of Evil

Les McCann – Sunny

Marlena Shaw – California Soul

Nina Simone – African Mail man

Randy Weston – In Memory Of

Raphael – Dead Sea Scrolls

Ray Barretto – New York Soul

Ann Sexton – You've Been Gone Too Long

Andrea Brasseur – The Kid

Archie Bell & The Drells – Her I Go Again

Johnny Bragg – They're Talking About Me

Little Anthony and The Imperials – Better Use Your Head

Tommy Neal – Going To A Happening

Tony Clarke – Landslide

KC & The Sunshine Band – Who Do Ya Love?

Chic – Le Freak

Nancy Ames – Eso Beso

Will Smith – Miami

Gypsy Kings – Bamboleo

Ella Fitzgerald – Fever

Sergio Mendes and Brasil 66 – Mas Que Nada

Mel Torme – Comin' Home Baby

Les Double Six – A Night In Tunisia

London Grammar - Flickers

Daft Punk – Get Lucky

Lebron Brothers – Bongo Loco

Sinto – Man On The Bank

Quincy Jones – Soul Bossa Nova

Negrocan – Cada Vez

R D Burnam – Mas Que Nada

Wyclef Jean – Guantanamera

Yuri Buenventura – Salsa
Azymuth - Brazilian Carnival

Route - Moacir Santos

Shaft – (Mucho Mambo) Sway

Santana – Oye Coma Va

Brand New Heavies – Mission Impossible

Bobby Bland – Turn On Your Lovelights

Bernard Pretty Purdie – Luella

Jon Lucien – Mi Vida

Jayme Marques – Berimbau

Astrud Gilberto – The Girl From Ipanema

Sahib Shihab – Seeds

The Novi Singers – Tour Five Three

Jamiroquai – Cosmic Girl

T Connection – Do What You Wanna Do

Miami – Kill That Roach

Blondie vs The Doors – Rapture Riders

Bloobo – Superstition

Curtis Mayfiled – Freddy’s Dead

War – Cisko Kid

Fela Kuti and Africa 70 – Zombie (excerpt)

African Revival – Pitch Black

Ahmad Nawab – Regent Club

Almons Jazz Eight – The Mayfair Soul

Airto Fogo – Jungle Bird

Tania Maria – Come With Me

Big Julien And His All Stars – Opening

Gary Chandler – Baby Let Me Take You In My Arms

The Beginning Of The End – Funky Nassau

Archie Bell & The Drells – Tighten Up

Betty Wright – Clean Up Woman

Booker T & The MG's – Green Onions

Cliff Noble – The Horse

Timmy Thomas – Funky Me

Roy Budd – Get Carter Theme

Nancy Sinatra & Lee Hazlewood – Lady Bird

Nina Simone – Save Me

Lou Reed – Walk On The Wild Side

Tapper Zukie - MPLA

Culture – Two Sevens Clash

Richie Spice – Brown Skin

Zap Pow – Soul Revival

Chevelle Franklyn – Peace

Collie Buddz – Blind To You

Tony Rebel – Jah Is On Side

Aleathia and Donna – Uptown Top Ranking